Angel Yalachkov

Angel Yalachkov was born in 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2023 he graduated from the National Music School "Lyubomir Pipkov" in the piano class of prof. Alexander Vassilenko. Currently he is a firstyear student at the National Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" in the piano class of prof. Borislava Taneva.

At the age of 18, he has an impressive collection of more than 40 prizes from International piano competitions in Bulgaria, Singapore, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Romania, Slovakia, Croatia, Greece, Serbia, Macedonia. Including Grand Prix, 20 First Prizes and 15 Special Prizes.

Pozzoli Performance at International Piano Competition “Ettore Pozzoli”, Italy (2018); I prize at International Piano Competition “De Bach Au Jazz”, Greece (2021); I prize and special prize for the best F. Schubert Performance at International Piano Competition “Franz Schubert”, Bulgaria (2021), I prize at “Munich Piano Competition”, Germany (2022); I prize at “Ventsislav Yankoff” National Piano Competition, Bulgaria (2023); I prize at Bulgarian National Radio Competition for Young musicians “Cantus Firmus”, Bulgaria (2023); I prize at International Piano Competition “Città di Spoleto”, Italy (2023); I prize at International Piano Competition “Music Singapore”, Singapore (2024).

He has performed at many festivals in Bulgaria and abroad. He has also been a soloist of the Academic Symphony Orchestra at the National Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov, "Haskovo" Chamber Orchestra and "Orpheus" Chamber Orchestra. He has participated many times in master classes of famous Bulgarian and foreign pianists and professors.